EASTHAMPTON – A pipe bomb discovered on Clark Lane Friday night and safely detonated by the state police bomb squad, most likely was the work of juveniles.

“Our feeling is that most likely it was the work of kids experimenting with something,” said Police Chief Bruce W. McMahon. “By looking at it, it didn’t appear to be too technical.”

Even so, such devices, often stuffed with match heads or some other explosive substance, can be very dangerous, McMahon said.

“They can be rather unstable,” he said.

The device was discovered shortly after 6 p.m. Members of the bomb squad moved it to the side of the road and detonated it, the police chief said.

Although initial reports described the device as a flashlight with a fuse sticking out of it, McMahon said it was a section of galvanized plumbing pipe with fittings on one end and a sealed fuse on the other.